Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. MGRC scored 46.9, SUNB scored 47.8 — SUNB leads.
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MGRC
McGrath RentCorp
Rental & Leasing Services · Quality-Growth
46.9
$113.64 · $2.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
0.9
SUNB leads
SUNB
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.
Rental & Leasing Services · Quality-Growth
47.8
$75.17 · $30.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthSUNB+3.4%
Strongest balance sheetMGRC0.47
Highest qualitySUNB68 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
MGRC
stronger →← stronger
SUNB
65
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
68
30
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
52
53
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
30
SUNB is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
MGRC
SUNB
-$7mF
FCF
$1.2bC+
-0.9%D+
Rev
+3.4%C+
0.47B+
D/E
1.53C
3.0xC+
P/S
—
1.04B+
PEG
1.12B+
—
P/E
22.7xB+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
MGRC
SUNB
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
165% above
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~30%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
-62%
—
5-yr DCF upside
-62%
—
10-yr DCF upside
-63%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
MGRC
Why this score
Durable high returns
SUNB
Why this score
Buying back stock
Short track record
The companies
MGRCMcGrath RentCorp
Rental & Leasing Services · $113.64 · beta 0.47
Why now
Rental & Leasing Services · market cap $2.8b. 10% off the 52-week high of $125.83. 5 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $145.40 (implying +28% upside).
Moat
Net margin 16% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$7m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk.
SUNBSunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.
Rental & Leasing Services · $75.17 · beta 1.67
Why now
Rental & Leasing Services · market cap $30.8b. 13% off the 52-week high of $86.68. 15 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $88.57 (implying +18% upside).
Moat
ROE 18% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Beta 1.67 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where MGRC and SUNB diverge
On the headline score the gap is 0.9 points in favor of SUNB. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthMGRC 30.1 · SUNB 52.4SUNB +22.3
ValueMGRC 52.6 · SUNB 30.5MGRC +22.1
QualityMGRC 65.1 · SUNB 68.1SUNB +3.0
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is SUNB or MGRC the better stock?
SUNB scores higher: SUNB 47.8, MGRC 46.9 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do SUNB and MGRC differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where SUNB leads by 22 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are SUNB and MGRC scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.